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What is updateclient.exe?

Part ofUpdateClient by ActivePath Ltd.

What is it?

ActiveMail Update (UpdateClient) is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

Description of updateclient.exe from ActivePath Ltd.

“ActiveMail brings life to your email, so you can finally enter the world of rich and interactive content without leaving your inbox. When you get an email with a link to an online video, ActiveMail automatically converts that link to the actual video to watch on the spot. View it mini-size or expanded, and immediately Like, Tweet or comment on your experience. We currently support more than a dozen of the Web’s top video sites, plus online albums and slides, so you won’t need to hop out to a browser again.”

How does updateclient.exe run?

Process - updateclient.exe is an instance of a running program. This program executes under the SYSTEM account within Windows with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network. updateclient.exe is executed by the process taskeng.exe (Task Scheduler Engine by Microsoft).

How does updateclient.exe start?

Scheduled task - updateclient.exe is launched automatically by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\ActiveMail Updater'. Task Scheduler provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals or even with event-based triggers.

Scheduled tasks startup - updateclient.exe is launched automatically when a user logs into Windows by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\ActiveMail Chrome Watcher'. With Scheduled Tasks, any script, program, or document can be configured to run when a user logs into the PC. These tasks start every time that Windows is booted and runs in the background.

Community

What is the community is seeing?

What is the community is doing?

About 0.3% of all Boost users have the updateclient.exe process running.

Of the 0.3% of updateclient.exe users, 71.0% have disabled it.

How resource intensive is updateclient.exe?

Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.

0.01481% CPU148099.4%

Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.

884 KB RAM4.0%

Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.

20 /min0.9%

Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.

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